Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Water Hen Occurrence, Western Margin Duluth Complex, St. Louis Co., Minnesota, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1100
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1100

mindat Locality ID: 167600
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-167600.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Water Hen Occurrence, Western Margin Duluth Complex, St. Louis Co., Minnesota, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 47°26'5"N
Longitude: 92°6'31"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 47.434722222222,-92.108611111111

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The age displayed for this mineral is the range of ages for this mineral at all of this locality's children.
	This mineral's age has not yet been recorded.

Arsenic	Beryl	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Marcasite	Nickeline	None	Pentlandite	Pyrite	Rocksalt
Sphalerite	Tetradymite

Bismuth ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cordierite ()*	Galena ()*	Graphite ()*
Marcasite ()*	Nickeline ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tetradymite ()*

This Mineral list contains entries from this locality, including sub-localities. Minerals in bold are reported by mindat.org as occurring directly at this locality, and do not occur at any children (sublocalities) of this locality.

Elements at this locality, including sub-localities: Ag Al As Bi C Cu Fe Mg Ni O Pb S Si Te Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Bi C Cu Fe Mg Ni O Pb S Si Te Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenic Beryl Chalcopyrite Copper Marcasite Nickeline None Pentlandite Pyrite Rocksalt
Sphalerite Tetradymite

13 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	1100	1100	1966
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1100	1100	27198
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈	1100	1100	1008
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1100	1100	24243
Graphite ()*	None	C	1100	1100	2812
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1100	1100	5674
Nickeline ()*	Nickeline	NiAs	1100	1100	633
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	1100	1100	1512
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1100	1100	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1100	1100	9056
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1100	1100	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1100	1100	21482
Tetradymite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₂S	1100	1100	510

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	EG105_1057_010	1100	1100	1100							Yes			Ni, Cu, Pt, Pd, Rh, Ir, Os, Ru	167667	Western Margin Duluth Complex, St. Louis Co., Minnesota, USA	Duluth	Begg et al. (2010)	10.2113/econgeo.105.6.1057	EG105_1057

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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